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The latest innovations, performance reviews, and buying guides for everything from athletic apparel and footwear to fitness trackers and sporting accessories.

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We Did a Little Sole Searching for Pickup Season
By Cool Material
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A Better Way to Bring the Shade

Shibumi Reinvented Beach Shade. Now It’s Coming for the Pop-Up Tent.

By Cool Material
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VESSEL Solved One of the Most Annoying Things About Your Golf Bag

The new Player VI Series gives every club its own space and rethinks the golf bag from top to bottom.

By Cool Material
Build the Perfect Bonfire with the Best Gear for the Great Outdoors Build the Perfect Bonfire with the Best Gear for the Great Outdoors
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Build the Perfect Bonfire with the Best Gear for the Great Outdoors

From the right axe to the perfect sipping whiskey and a proper outdoor speaker, a night under the stars awaits.

By Beau Hayhoe
Clothing
The Mandem Safe Hides Inside a Shoebox

Unless a sneakerhead is robbing your house, there's a decent chance they won't look for valuables inside an old shoebox. Keep a stack of them in your closet and we can't see a burglar spending time with them. That's good news if you buy the Mandem Safe, which slips inside…

By Mike Newman
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Gear
Machine Era Field Pen

We've covered a lot of great everyday carry Kickstarter pens over the years that have featured bolt action mechanism and springy pocket clips. The Machine Era Field Pen is the first we've seen that combines both those features into a single, fluid mechanism that's easy and fun to use. After…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Gear
Kettle Gryp Turns Dumbbells Into Kettlebells

Tired of not being able to get your full workout in when you're away from home since the hotel gym only has dumbbells? The Kettle Gryp is your answer. It turns dumbbells into kettlebells. The portable adapter system reminds us of a combination of one of those extended handle bag devices…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Gear
Adventure Mate Is a 5-in-1 Hatchet Tool

The market is filled with badass EDC multi-tools, but few have the amount of outdoor functionality as the Adventure Mate. The Adventure Mate Multi-Function Hatchet Tool is, as you might have guessed by the name, a number of different tools built into a hatchet body. It has a hatchet, along with…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Accessories
The World’s First Self-Healing Utility Bag

Slughaus, the same company responsible for two of the world's smallest LED flashlights with the Bullet 01 and Bullet 02, is back with the Wolverine, the world's first self-healing utility bag. The Wolverine bag is built with Regenerative FuseFabric (think next level nylon ripstop with a combination weave of thicker,…

By Cooper Fleishman
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